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A; LE MASSENA.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. I9Ie.

PatentedSept. 16, 1919.

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A. LE MASSENA.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. Isla.

Patented Sept. 16, 19m

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application tiled ,august a, 191s. Serial No. allanar).

.To all whom it tif/nay concern:

ltle it lrnovvn that ll, ANDREW lin Massnnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the'toivn of Glen Ridge, county of Essex, andState of New Jersey, have invented an improvement in Games, of which thefollowing is a specification.,

lltly invention relates to games, and more particularly to such as arein the form of game boards devised to simulate the game of golf.

llt is an object of the present invention to provide game devices of thecharacter specified which shall closely resemble the game of golf, asnear as is feasible, under actual playing conditions, and also to devisea. game which shall possess considerable educational value and shallinitiate the beginner into the terminology and fundamental playingconditions of this game.

For purposes of illustration ll have shown a preferred embodiment of myinvention in the accompanying draivings, whereinlligure 1 is a'planvievv of the gaine board as a vvhole, in extended position, ready forbeing played on;

llfigs. 2 to 18, inclusive, are detail planA vievvs of the variousseries of indications used on the illustrative gaine board hereindescribed; v

lFig. 19 is a detail plan view of one of the scoring devices associatedWith the game board.

lZl/'hile my inventionnmay be embodied in games of varied arrangementand construetion, lt prefer the embodiment herein shown and described,comprising a game board consisting of a supporting member 1, Thesupport-ing member 1 is preferably made up of a series of sections 2, 3,il, and 5, successively hinged to each other as at 6, l, and 8,respectively, for convenience in paclring and transportation.

' 'llhe game board 1 is preferably provided with a marginal portion 9containing indications of distances 10, and also the legends 11, reading@tut of bounds. Within the margin 9 there are represented a tee,hazards, greens, etc., of one hole 1Q of a golf course.

ln particular, the hole 12 in question may comprise atee 13, the rough14ga bunker 15, a trap 16, a pond 17, a second trap 18, a cop bunker19,'a broolr 20, a third trap 2l, a pot bunker 22, and a green 23.

Jllssociated with the supporting member comprising the board 1, are aplurality, as one or more, herein shovvn as seventeen, indicator meansor devices successively des ignated by the reference characters d? toit, inclusive. lach indicator means or de vice comprises a series ofindications ltll, B2, etc., respectively, and a freely movable indicator2t preferably comprising a freely rotatable arrow '2o mounted forrotation on pin Q6 which removably fits in perforation Qi preferablylocated at the center of each of the indicator devices.

lach series of indications B1 to ld, inelusive, indicates variouspossible shots of a gaine of golf. llTurt-hermore, each series ofindications occupies a particular part of the course indicated on theboard and bears the name of the particular club which would normally beused from the position on the course occupied by the particular seriesof indications in question.

ltn order that the game may resemble as closely as is feasible t-hegaine of golf under actual playing conditions, the various indicationsof each series, which are preferably, as shorvn, located Within thesegment-s or sectors bearing such indications are of such areas that theindications will substantially correspond to the probability of malringthe particular shot designated b-y the particu lar indication inquestion. ltforeover, these probabilities vary for the different seriesof indications according to the probability of making the particularshots indicated by the particular series from the position on the courseoccupied by such series.

' llt will, of course., be understood that the probability of making 'acertain shot from a certain position on the course will vary Wit-h thedifficulty of the course and the slrill of the player. Accordingly,various types of game boards., made in accordance with my invention maybe produced Which will simulate the game as played on an easy course, amoderately difficult course, or a very difficult courser llhe series ofindications may also be .so proportioned and arranged that the gamevvill resemble the game of golf as played by highly slrilled players,moderately skilled ones, or beginners.

ln order to produce these various results, all that is necessary is thatthe areas of the various segments and sectors containing the variousindications be proportioned with titl titl

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lltltl lllltll ria the proper end in View. F or example, assuming theboard to be arranged to represent the game as played on a difficultcourse by .very skilful players, the segments indicating good shots asto distance and direction would be comparatively large, While thesegments indicating hazards and the like would be slightly but not muchsmaller than for an average game. lf the board is arranged to reproducethe game as played on an easy course by a playero little skill, thesegments representing poor strokes would be of comparatively large area,While the segments indicating hazards Would be slightly larger than foran average gaine.

lt Will be' noted, also, that most of the indications designate also theclub that is to p 'be used Jfor making `the next succeeding shot.

Since the'indications also designate the p0- sition reached by theplayer in making the shot designated by the indication underconsideration, and since each series of indications bears the name ofthe club Which would normally be used from the position occupied by theseries, an easy and effective `method is provided whereby the player maydetermine his position on the course after each stroke. l

For marking the position oit each player on the course as thegameprogresses, pairs of apertures 29 are provided adjacent each seriesof indications, and the position of each player'may be designated by apin 30, of peculiar color, placed in one of the apertures 29, accordingvto the position of the particular player on the course.l

In order that the score may be kept, I have shovvn a plurality ofscoring devices 31, 32, bearing the legends Red and WVhite, according tothe color of the pin designating the particular players position on thecourse. Each scoring device comprises a horizontal portion 33 with aseries of numbers from l to 9, and an aperture 34 under each number.This is for indicat- .ing the number of strokes each player requires tomake the hole. The scoring devices .also comprise the vertical portions35 having' a series of perforations 36 for indicating the lead in holesof the leading player. lPins 37 of appropriate color are employed tokeep the score. This arrangement is suitable for match play. For medalvshovvn and described Afor purposes of illustration yonly 'is asfollows:

'.Assuming umd. t0 hfWe the honolf he vproceeds to spin the indicator 25of series A1, each player having previously placed hisappropriatelycolored pin in the aperture under numeral 1 in thehorizontal portion of the` scoring devices 3l and 32, re-

Leashes spectively, thereby indicating that he is playing one.77 Let usassume that the point of the indicator 25 stops over the indication oicseries A? reading Two hundred yards cleik. 'lhis indicates that red hasmade a stroke of two hundred yards, taking him tvvo hundreds yards fromthe tee, and that the next succeeding stroke from the position on thecourse reached by him may be made With the cleik.

Reds position on the course may also be readily ascertained by thedistance indicated on the indication covered by the point of theindicator 25, and also by the name of the club on such indication. Thisposi tion is the one shown in detail in Fig. 8 and marked A7. lt willalso be noted that the cleik is a club that might normally be used fromthe position on the course indicated by the series A7. Red has made onestroke and white is now to play.

l/Vhite now spins the indicator of series A1, and We shall assume thatthe point of the indicator stops over the indication of this serieswhich reads Une hundred liity yards brassey. As already stated, thisindication designates the distance made by the stroke, and the club tobe used for the next succeeding shot. rlhe indications of distances andclubs serve also to locate the position reached by the player on thecourse, said p0- sition in the present instance being the po-A sition onthe course designated by series A5. It may here be stated that as thegame progresses, each players position on the course is marked by anappropriately colored pin 30, which pin is moved from place to place onthe course as the game progresses.

Red and White now place their appropriately colored pins in theapertures numbered 2 of the horizontal portions of their respectivescoring devices, thereby indicating that they are playing two. It is nowvvhites7 turn to proceed, since he is farther from the hole than red,7or aWay, which hedoes by spinning the indicator oi 'series A5, Which isWhites position onthe course.

Assuming that the point of the indicator stops over the indicationreading One hundred yards midiron, this brings White to the positionoccupied .by series A8. It may here be stated that the indications ofeach series designate the distance made by the stroke indicated thereby.By

means of this distance indication, and the X distance indications at themargin of the board, the position reached on the course after making astroke may be readily ascertained.

For further enabling the players to easily locate their respectivepositions on the course during the progress of the game, it will benoted that each indication designates the club to be used for the neatsuc- 'iii iti

intacts lcosding sbot tbs nanas ot tho ciiib boing boinc by tho soiissoccupying tbs position on tbc coniso ioachsd by tbs stioiis inst inads.Most oi tbs soiiss oi indications, inoiooyoi, boat' iogonds indicatingthoii" is spsctiys distancss iioin tho too.,

it non boing Miods tuin to iay iioin tho position on tbs coiii'ssoccupied by ssiios ii@ M i'od i spins tho indicatoi oi soiios iii and noshaii assnnis tbs point oi tho indica- 'toi' to stop oifsi tbsindication isading M @no hnndisd yaids inashsy. ifiiis bi'ings hiin totho position on tho coniss occiipiod by ssi'iss .tilt iiach piaysi nonfpiacss bis pin in apoitnis niiinbsisd 3 oi tbs hoiisontai portion onthis scoiing doi/ico7 thus indicating that ho is piaying M. thiooi7 i itis nonf M iihitois 9 tnin to piay iioin tbs position on tho conissindicatsd by ssiios fia, which M iibito 9 doos kby spinning thoindicatoi oi said sci-iss, tho point oi tho indicatoi' boing assninod tostop oysi tbs indication nsading M @no biindiod yaids inashoynibiicii..w iis thns ioachos tho position on thc 'coiiiss indicatod byssiiss dit. M Rod now spins tho indicating dsyico oi ssiios'il", and noshaii assiiins that tbs point oi tbs indicating doyicostops oysi tbsindication ioading iPniiy tiap iio., d??? incaning that Miod had pniiodtho haii and gottsn into diiiiciiity? tbc baii diopping into ti-ap iio..3 bsyond tbs biooii. M iisdis 9 po sition on tho coniss is indicatsd byssiios .dit idacii piaysi' non piacss bis pin in apoitiiis niiinbsi'sd.i oi tbs boiiaontai poi"n tion oi his scoiing doyics, tbns indicatingthat hs is piaying M ioni?? it is non M nbitsis W tiiin to piay9 and. Mwhito i spins tho indicatoi oi soi'ios itu. tifo shaii assiiino that tbspoint oi tbs indicatoi stops oyoi' tho indication ioading M @no bnndi'sdtiisntyhyo yaifds gnoon7 oysi tbs bois, to tbs position onvtho conissocciipisd by ssiiss itu., it is now Mtodsw tiii'n to piay. Rodfa 'iionitho position on tho coniss indicatod by ssiios it, spins tbs indicatoi'oi said ssiiss iWs shaii assiiins that tbs point oi tho indicatoi stopsoyoi" tho indication ioading MGioon oyoi tho boiaw M Rod, tbsioiois7 hasaiso i'oacbsd tho posi tion on tho coniso occnpiod by ssiios dit". iachpiayoi' now piacss his pin in apoitiiis nninbsi'sd 5 oi tho hoiizontaipoition oi his scoiing dcaiicsa thns indicating that hs is piaying tival it is non M n'bitss tain to piay.. Wo shaii assiiino that M abito-iispins tbs indicatoi oi ssiissdi and that tho point oi siicb 'indicatorstops oyci' tho indication i'sading 9 Uvsi tho hoicf dosgnating that Mabito has inissod tho bois. it is noni M isds i tain to piay, and onspinning tho indicatoi oi ssi'ios d, Ws shaii assiiino that tho point oftbs indicatoi stops oysi tho indication isading Min tho bois, thoiobydssignating that M iod has inado tho bois in tivo stioiios and tboisioioWon tho hoio..

.iin appio'iiatoiy coioi'od scoiing pin is thsi'oiipon p acod by M iodin tho apoitiii'o to tbs iight oi nanisiai i oi tho ysiticai poition ot'his scoiing dsyico 3i, indicating that Misd is Mi np. 'ibs gains isissninod iioin tbs too toi tho iisnai nnnibsi'I oi boios, as nino oi'sightssn, accoiding to Wbsthsi tho coniso is a sboit ons oi nino hoissoi' thc iogniation soiiiss oi sigiitosn boios.,

it is9 oi coniso, to bs andoi'stood that in M inodai i piay coiint isiis t. oniy oi tbs niiinbsi oi stioiios, and isi t is piiiposo tbsiisnai scois caido inay bo oinpioyod. it is aiso to bo iindoistood that,as in tbs caso oi tho actiiai gains iindoi tho iisiiai piayingconditinns9 it a piayoi inaiios a stioiis ont oi bounds?w ho iososdistanco9 oi' it, ioi siianipia hs sonds tho baii into tho bi'ooii oi.tho M pond,W ho iosss a stioiia accoiding to tho iiiiss pioyaiiing intho gains as actaaiiy piayod9 which iiiios goysin thc gains as piayod ontbs boaid oi iny iiiysntion..

it is aiso to bo nndsistood that iny inyontion is not to bs iiinitod totho spocihc oinbodiniont tbsiooi hsisin shown and dssciibod toi pniposssoi iiiiistiation oniy.

What Ai ciaiin is:

i., gains boai'd coinpiising a snppoiting inonibsi., a iiooiy inoyabioindicatoi snppoiftod on said inoinbsi' and a ssiiss oit in dicationsadaptod to bo ssioctiysiy dosignatod by said indicating' inonaboi", saidssiiss indicating yaiioiis possibio shots oi a gants oi goii9 saidindications boing so pifopoiM tionsd as to siibstantiaiiy coiicspond totho piobabiiity oi naaiiing tho paiticniai'il shot dssignatod by thopaiticiiiai` indication and contain oi said indications dosignating thocinb which nonid noi'inaiiy bo iisod ioiI inaiiing tho noiit snccosdingshot iioni tho position on tbocoiiiss ioachcd by advancing tho distancsdosignatsd by tho pai'ticniai indi cation.

it gains boaid coinpiising a snppoiting insinbsi, a ii'osiy nioyabisindicatoi snppoitod on said inoinboi'., and. a pini-aiity oi soi'ios oiindications adaptsd to bs scioctiiroiy dosignatod by said indicating'inoniboi occupying a piiiiaiity oit positionsm on said boaid9 sach oisaid soiiss indicating yai'ioiis possibio `shots oi a gains oi goii andaiso tho ciiib which noiiid noiinaiiy bo nssd ioil inaiiing tbs shotindicatod by ths paiticniai indication, said indications boing sopiopoitionod as to snbstantiaiiy coiisspond to tho piobabiiity oiniaiiing tbs pai'ticiiiaiI shot dosignatsd by tho paiticliiaiindicationiioin tho position on tho boaid occiipiod by tbs paiticniai' ssiios.,

3., iii gains board coinpiising a snppoiting nioniboi., a piniaiity oisiiccossiys soi'iss oi3` indications on said inoinboi', and iisoiyinoyabis indicatoi insans associatod with cach oi 'iiiii iiiti iiii idii

said series of indications and adapted to selectively designate eachindication or' each series, said board representing one hole of a golfcourse and having thereon representations of a tee, hazards, distances,greens, and the like, each of said series of indications designatingvarious possible shots of a game of golf, each series of indicationsoccupying a particular part of the course indicated on the board andbearing the name of the particular club which would normally be usedfrom the position on the course occupied by the particular series ofindications under consideration.

4. A, game board comprising a supporting member, a plurality ofsuccessive series of indications on said member, and freely movableindicator means associated with each ot' said series of indications andadapted to selectively designate each indication of each series, saidboard representing one hole of a golf course and having thereonrepresentations of a tee, hazards, distances, greens, and the like, eachvof said series of indications designating various possible shots of agame of golf, and said indications being so proportioned as tosubstantially correspond to the probability of making the particularshot designated by the particular indication and certain of saidindications designating the club `Which would normally be used formaking the next succeeding shot from the position on the course reachedby advancing the distance designated by the particular indication.

5. A game board comprising 'a supporting member, a plurality ofsuccessive series of indications on said member, and freely movableindicator means associated with each of said series of indications andadapted to selectively designate each indication of each series, saidboard representing one hole of a golf course and having thereonrepresentations of a tee, hazards, distances, greens, and the like, eachof said series of indications designating various possible shots of agame of golf, and said indications being so proportioned as tosubstantially correspond lto the probability of making the particularshot designated by the particular indication,

each series of indications occupying a particular part of the courseindicated on the board and bearing the name )of the particular clubwhich Would normally be used from the position onthe course occupied by'the particular series of indications under consideration'. v

6. A game board comprisingl a supporting member, a plurality ofsuccessive series ot' indications on said member, and freely movableindicator means associated With each of said series of indications andadapted to selectively designate each indication of each series, saidboard representing one hole of a golt` course and having thereonrepresentations of a tee, hazards, distances` greens, and the like, eachof said series ot indications designating various possible shots ot agame of golic and also the club which would normally be used for makingthe next succeeding shot, each series ot indications occupying aparticular part of the course indicated on the board and bearing thename of the particular club which would normally be used from theposition on the course occupied by the particular seriesl olEindications under consideration.

7. A game board comprising a supporting member, a plurality ofsuccessive series of indications on said member, and 'freely movableindicator means associated with each of said series of indications andadapted to selectively designate each indication of each series, saidboard representingone hole of a golf course and having thereonrepresentations of a tee, hazards, distances, greens, and the like.,each oi said series oll indications designating various possible shotsof a game of golf, and also the club which would normally be used formaking the next succeeding shot, said indications being so porportionedas to substantially correspond to the probability of making theparticular shot designated by the particular indication and certain ofsaid indications designating the club which would normally be used formaking the next succeeding shot from the position on the course reachedby advancing the distance designated by the articular indication.

8. A game oard comprising a supporting member, a plurality of successiveseries of indications on said member, and freely movable indicator meansassociated with each of said series of indications and adapted toselectively designate each indication of each series, said boardrepresenting one hole of a golf course and having thereonrepresentations of a tee, hazards, distances, greens, and the like, eachof said series oi indications designating various possible shots of agame of golf and also the club which Would normally be used for makingthe neXt succeeding shot, said indications being so proportioned as tosubstantially correspond to the probability of making the particularshot designated by the particular indication, each series of indicationsoccupying a particular part of the course indicated on the board andbearing the name of the particular club which VWould normally be usedfrom the position on the course occupied by the particular series ofindications under consideration,

9. A game board comprising a supporting member, a plurality ofsuccessive series of indications on said member, and freely movableindicator means associated ivith each ot said series of indications andadapted to selectively designate each indication of each lll" intenteseries, said board representing one hole oit a golf course and havingthereon represen tations of a tee, hazards, distances, greens, and thelike, each of said series. oit indica tions designating various possibleshots ot agame of goli, and also the club which would normally be usedtor Inalring the nent succeeding shot, the indications oli' each seriesbeing so proportioned as to substantially correspond to the probabilityot maltA ing the particular' shot from the position on the courseindicated by the particular indication of the particular series underconsideration, and the shots indicated by each. series substantiallycorresponding to the possible shots from the position on the courseindicated by the particular series under consideration.

l0. il game board comprising a support ing member, a plurality ofsuccessii/e` series oit indications on said member, and freely movableindicator means associated with each oit said series or indications andadapted to selectively designate each indication oit each series, saidboa-rd representing one hole of a golf course and having thereonrepresentations of a tee, hazards, distances, greens, and the like, eachot said series of indications designating various possible shots of agame oit golf and also the club which would normally be used tor makingthe next succeeding shot, the indications ot Y each series being soproportioned as to subl um stantially correspond to tbe probability ofinalring the particular shot from the position on the course indicatedby the particular indication oit the particular series underconsideration, and the shots indicated by each series substantiallycorresponding to the possible shots trom the position on the courseindicated by theparticular series under consideration, each series ol'indications occupying a particular part oi `the course indicated on theboard and bearing the naine oit the particular club which would normallybe used :trom the position on the course occupiedby the particularseries ot indications under consideration.,

ll. i game board comprising a supporting member, a 'freely movableindicator supported on said member, and a plurality ot series oitindications adapted to be selectively designated by said indicatingmeinber and occupying a plurality of positions on said board, each ofsaid series indicatingvarious possible shots ot a game of golf and saidindications being so proportioned as to substantially correspond to theprobability of making the particular shot designated by the particularindication :trom-the position on the board occupied by the `particularseries. 4

ln testimony whereoll have signed my namelto this specification thissixth day ot August i918. i ANDREW LE MASSENA.

